Lye Pockets?

[KiwiMoose]

I made this soap yesterday and have just cut it. There a few spaces in-between my multiple layers of piping that were a bit weepy upon cutting. They are zappy. Will this lye evaporate over time with cure, or have I just made a lye pocket soap by leaving trapped bits of air between layers of piping?

 

[jcandleattic]

It might not be lye pockets. It could be FO, or some unsaponified oil (both could be zappy given circumstances) I'd give it a week and zap test again. If it's still zappy then, you can rebatch. (Which would be a shame to lose the layers and swirls)

 

[KiwiMoose]

It might not be lye pockets. It could be FO, or some unsaponified oil (both could be zappy given circumstances) I'd give it a week and zap test again. If it's still zappy then, you can rebatch. (Which would be a shame to lose the layers and swirls)

Fingers crossed. If I had to rebatch i would just rebatch the 'piping' part and cut the bars across to keep the bottom half which is fine.

 

[BattleGnome]

Based on that bar it looks like the pockets are only/mostly on the top? If it doesn’t cure out you can always cut off the tops instead of rebatching the whole bar.

 

[KiwiMoose]

Based on that bar it looks like the pockets are only/mostly on the top? If it doesn’t cure out you can always cut off the tops instead of rebatching the whole bar.

LOL - great minds Battlegnome. We were posting at the same time.